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Mix \Mix\, v. i.

1. To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.

2. To associate; to mingle.

He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind. --Byron.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Mix \Mix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mixed(less properly Mixt); p. pr. & vb. n. Mixing.]

[AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G. mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. mi[,c]ra mixed. The English word has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. Mixture), and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. miscere. Cf. Admix, Mash to bruise, Meddle.]

1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.

Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak.

2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. --Hos. vii. 8.

3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts.

Hast thou no poison mixed? --Shak.

I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. --Bacon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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